Water-fountain



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

' F. P. HINDS.

WATER FOUNTAIN.

No. 503,417. Patented Aug. 15, 18.93.

74A/@WT UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FRANKLIN l?. HINDS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HOT WATER FOUNTAIN COMPANY, OF MAINE. l

WATER-FOU NTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,417, dated August 15, 1893.

Application filed March l5, 1893. Serial No. 466,013. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN P. I-IINDs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Common- Wealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin lVatei` Fountains; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others Io skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. l

This invention relates to improvements in Water-fountains, and has for its object to provide means whereby either hot or cold Water may be drawn from the same faucet in quick succession direct from the street main or other supply.

It consists in a novel arrangement of valves and pipes combined with a heater, so that the zo water may either be drawn from the cold water supply and discharged at that temperature from the discharge outlet of the faucet, or caused to iiow through a heater of great heating capacity by the operating of a valve to i 2 5 change the direction of the flow of the water.

It further consists in minor details of construction, as will be set forth hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whereon Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of the fountain and its connected heater and pipes, arranged in connection with a counter.. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the fountain alone, shown on an increased 3 5 scale from that of Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section on the line A B in I1`ig.2. Fig. Il represents a vertical section substantially on the line O D in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a plan view of one form of the heater.

Similar letters of reference denote same parts, wherever they occur on the diiterent parts of the drawings.

The cold water supply pipe a which is in open communication with the street main or with some other source of water supply under pressure is also in open communication with a passage in the valve casing h. This casing is provided with three passages, one of which communicates with the supply pipe 5o d as above setfcrth and it is also provided with a three-way spigot or valve c which ways maybe brought into communication with any two of the passages in the casing. One ofthe passages in the casing b is in open communication with the pipe (l, the opposite end of which is in open communication with the heater. This heater is composed of flattened pipes e ein order to canse the water which flows through it to iow in a thin sheet, and it i is shown on the drawings as arranged in a 6o coil having the longest diameter of the cross sectional area of the pipes arranged inclined so that each of the coils will overhang the next coil, similar to blind slats, thus causing the heat from the gas stove to strike against the broad side of the pipes in order to concentrate and retard its rise so as to obtain the greatest ettect from the heat. This heater may be made to cont-ain one or more sections, and I have shown it on the drawings as formed 7o of two sections arranged one above the other and having the pipes of the lower section inclined toward the center of the heater, and` the pipes of the upper section inclined from the center so as to cause the heat from the stove to travel in a zigzag path and to be retarded in its rise from the stove, thus heating the water contained in the heater' more quickly. p,

The pipe g conveys the hot Water from the 8o heater to the chamber h in the valve casing i; the pipe being in open communication with both the heater and said chamber at all times. The valve casing z' provided with three passages or chambers, one of which is in open communication with the pipe g as above set forth and it is also provided with the two-way spigot or valve j so arranged that the chamber 7L will always be in open communication with one of the other passages in the valve 9o casingfi, thus forming an unobstructed passage through the valve j and valve casing i. One of the passages in the valve casingt'communicates with the delivery outlet 7c of the fountain and the other is in open communication with the vent chamber l, which in turn is in open communication with the vent pipe m. Thus it will be seen that when the valve c is in the position shown in the drawings, water from the supply pipe a will have an unroo obstructed iiow through the valve c and its casing, the pipe CZ, heater e, pipe g, chamber h, valvej, and, when the valvej is in the position shown in the drawings through the vent chamberl and vent pipe m to a radiator, steam table or to any other place where it is desired to have the hot water, and if not required for use, to Waste. But if the valve j should be turned by its operating handle j so as to close the communication with the vent chamber Z and to open communication with the delivery outlet 7o the hot water would flow through the valvey and delivery outlet 7c, into a glass, pail ror other receptacle which may be placed under the delivery outlet. A pipe n is in open communication with the third passage in the casingb, and with the chamber h in the valve casing i and thus it will be seen that if the valvecis turned onehalf a revolution so as tocause the ways in said valve to be in open communication with the supply pipe passage and the passage lead# ing to the pipe n it will allow cold water to flow from the supply pipe ct through the valve c and its casing; the pipe n, chamber h, valve j, and either through the vent pipe m or delivery outlet 7c, according to the position of the valver j, but will at all times cause the Water to-flow from the supply pipe as the valvej is so ar-Lv ranged that there is an open passage through said valve at all times. If it is desired at; any time vto prevent the flow of water from the supply pipe a, it is onlynecessary to turn the valve one quarter of ya revolution from the position shown in the drawings, Which Will cause the ways through the valve to com-L municate With the passage leading to thef pipes d and n and will close the passage lead-i ing to the supply pipe.

The valve cis operated by suitable hand wheels c c mounted on the stem of the valve, which stem preferably projects oneither side outside the casing oof the fountain, and is pro vided with suitable index fingers c2 c2 which move over index dials o o made in one piece with or attached to the casing 0 and prefer-,.

ably suitably marked to indicate the position of the valve 0,-that is to say: Whether the water supply pipe is closed or the valve is in the position to draw hot or cold water. The dials 0 may be provided with suitable stops to limit the movement of the index linger, if so desired, and to prevent the valve from being turned so as to connect both of the pipes d and n with the supply pipe at the same time.1

The stem of the valve c is provided with a bevel gear c3 which meshes into a bevel gear pon the rod p. The rod'p is attached lat its lower end to the valve 'r' in the pipe 1' which pipe conveys gas from a gas supply to the gas stove f. The gas supply pipe is provided vWith a second valve r2 to control the flow of gas through the pipe independent of the valve 0" so as to be able to shut the gas off entirely from the stove, if so desired, but when the stove is to be used to heat the Water in the heater the valve r2 is left open, and the flow of gas through the pipe r is governed by the Valve r. The valve r is governed by the operation of the Valve c through the bevel gears c3 p and the rod p, that is to say: when the valve c is in the position shown in the drawings the valve 1 will be open and allow a How of gas through the pipe fr to lthe stove f, but when the valve c has been turned one halfa revolution lto draw cold water, the valve r will be closed and shut off the gas from the stove. A small pipe s branches from the pipe r between the valves r and r2 and conveys a small quantity of gas to a pilot burner s, arranged'in close proximity to the stove f. The how of gas through the pipe s is controlled by the valve r2 and is independent ofthe valve r. Thus the pilot burner s remains lighted, and it will be seen that when the gas is turned on to the gas stove it will instantly be lighted by the pilot burner.

By having the flow of gasto the stove and the llowof water to the heater governed by the operation of one valve substantially as shown no gas is wasted, as it is only used when it is desired to draw hot water from the fountain or to have hot Water flow continually through the vent pipe to a radiator, steam table or whatever use desired.

By using a heater formed of flattened pipes substantially as shown, in which the water to be exposed to the heat flows in a very thin sheet Will cause the water to be heated to a high temperature While it is flowing through the heater.

By having open and free vent from the heater at all times, either through the `discharge outlet 7c or vent pipe m all liability of explosion caused by generating and confining steam will be obviated.

If it is desiredto use the heater to produce steam to supply a steam table it is onlynecessary to open the valve c sufficiently to allow a small quantity of water toiioW to the heater which will at once be converted into steam and discharged through the vent pipe m to the steam table attached thereto or Wherever may be desired.

I do not Wish to confine myself to the yuse of a gas stove to supply heat to the heater, as other means might be used to advantage, neither do I Wish to confine myself to the mechanism shown for controlling the flow of gas to the stove by the operation of the valve c as the same may be var ied within thescope of mechanical skill Without departing from my inventiomas for instance `the valves for controlling the flow of Water to the heater and gas to the stove might be made on one and the same spigot or stem, if so desired.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation of my invention, I wish to secure byLetters Patent and claiml. In a water fountain a three-way valve, a water supply pipe attached thereto, a heater, communication betweenthe valve and heater, a faucet, communication between the heater and faucet and between the valve and faucet, a vent communicating With the faucet open at all times except when drawing Water from l'OO the faucet; the three-way Valve governing the flow of water from the supply pipe to the faucet, either direct or through the heater according to whether hot or cold water is desired to be drawn from the faucet and also closing the water supply pipe when desired7 all combined for the purpose set fort-h.

2. Ina water fountain a three-way Valve, a water supply pipe attached to the valve, a heater, a communication between the valve and the heater, a faucet, communication between the valve and faucet and between the heater and faucet, the three-way valve govi erning the iiow of water from the supply pipe to the faucet either director through theheater according to whether hot or cold water is desired to be drawn from the faucet, said valve also closing the supply pipe when desired, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a `water fountain, a water supply-pi pe, a water heater, a faucet to draw the water from the fountain, communication between the heater and faucet open at all times, the three-way valve b c, the pipe d forming communication between the valve and the heater and the pipe n forming communication between the valve and faucet, whereby the water from the supply-pipe may be caused to fiow from the su pply-pi pe to the faucet, either through the pipe d and heateror direct through the pipe n by the manipulations of the valve b c according to whether hot or cold water is desired to be drawn from the faucet, combined with a gas-supply pipe, a gas stove attached to the gas supply-pipe,thevalve o" in the gas supply-pipe to open and close the same, the Valve rod p, the bevel gear p' on the rod and the bevel gear c3 on the valve stem of the valve b c which governs the iow of the water from the water supply-pipe meshing into the gear p whereby a flow of gas to the stove and of water to the heater is caused by the movement of the valve ZJ c in one direction and is discontinued by the movement of the valve b c in the opposite direction, and a pilot burner lighted at all times to light the gas stove when gas is supplied thereto, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANKLIN P. HINDS.

Witnesses g FRED FARRow, HENRY CHADBOURN. 

